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and you are not doing this the obama administration and our government is not doing the job. i'm asking the american citizens at the end of the day what are you doing to help with the construction of the complex issue to support democratic everywhere. if you are serious about democracy you have to be serious about democracy. it's about explaining and tenses and understanding from behind the scene what is happening. that's is one answer to the question, the third question was about what you are saying about [inaudible] once again. if i wrote if you don't website. it came after the book was published. i wrote a paper. it's important to be knick and open and open to the civil society. there's something they have a problem with credibility. they are the guardian of the religious reference. they are dealing with tensions and it's very visible where you see what swhapg the young generations of, you know, the islamists now. they are not happy with the generation in our tension. so this is where we should get this and promote something which is along-term strategy. after one, two, or
and you are not doing this the obama administration and our government is not doing the job. i'm asking the american citizens at the end of the day what are you doing to help with the construction of the complex issue to support democratic everywhere. if you are serious about democracy you have to be serious about democracy. it's about explaining and tenses and understanding from behind the scene what is happening. that's is one answer to the question, the third question was about what you are...
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barack obama was speaking to crowds of hundreds of thousands in europe. there was a fervor for his candidacy on the part of the press. trying to figure out how to win. and when the person who said, we should take a look. you know, from alaska. >> the proud of that moment? >> you know, that moment freezes and slows down in my brain. you know, standing, a couple of days of the jersey shore. and i remember everything, remember every aspect of the moment. i could smell the smell of long beach island, you know, the salt air. tina, the cars in front of the house. i pick up the phone and called rick davis. i said, we should take a look at sarah palin. the vetting the was done, i said to wreck that it's very important. rick was in charge of the vetting process. they should be fully and completely vetted, like all the other candidates. ten lawyers and 20 lawyers in a couple of days so we done with three lawyers over a couple of weeks for all the other candidates. and there were four parts to that. and the first part -- and you could do a documentary on this alone
barack obama was speaking to crowds of hundreds of thousands in europe. there was a fervor for his candidacy on the part of the press. trying to figure out how to win. and when the person who said, we should take a look. you know, from alaska. >> the proud of that moment? >> you know, that moment freezes and slows down in my brain. you know, standing, a couple of days of the jersey shore. and i remember everything, remember every aspect of the moment. i could smell the smell of long...
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the bardot is a so much higher for governor romney then it is president obama and we know that going in and we have to accept that it's tough. >> the next question over here. 's vi of the quick question. my first question is what is this thing between you and hewitt concerning the -- [inaudible] >> apparently you're not you are not supposed to say his name because he moved the browns franchise to baltimore city takes that very personally but let me tell you something, hugh hewitt has been so kind and gracious and he is a great friend of mine and we were playing back and forth that he was great to promote tonight's event. he was the driving force behind the library and he is one of the best in the business. he's a great guy. >> why did you stop at 50? >> first edition, first edition. if this book does well we will do a second edition i hope. >> what the's the secret to winning in november? >> we talk about raising the bar. we have to get everybody to vote. i can tell you how many people i meet around the country hard-working people, dishwashero say i've never voted but this is the air
the bardot is a so much higher for governor romney then it is president obama and we know that going in and we have to accept that it's tough. >> the next question over here. 's vi of the quick question. my first question is what is this thing between you and hewitt concerning the -- [inaudible] >> apparently you're not you are not supposed to say his name because he moved the browns franchise to baltimore city takes that very personally but let me tell you something, hugh hewitt...
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and after he became president he was very different and candidate obama. now, everybody who is elected is going to be different from how they are when they run for office, but you can keep all your promises. but in his case, it seemed like he was even more different than that, especially when it came to negotiations, issues about appointments, issues about backing down on guantÁnamo clothing, et cetera. handles on the people that he hired to work for him in the beginning which were all of a lot of white house -- wall street experts who worked in the clinton administration who were really, the economic disaster that been happening. so i decided i would try to figure out what that's about and where they came from, and so i started reading. and one of the things that happened actually during the primary that i was not thinking about at all, a colleague of mine suggested i read "dreams from my father." and i have to say it's one of the great books. i just adored it. and it was as good a book about the coming of age of an adolescent as i've read ever, certainl
and after he became president he was very different and candidate obama. now, everybody who is elected is going to be different from how they are when they run for office, but you can keep all your promises. but in his case, it seemed like he was even more different than that, especially when it came to negotiations, issues about appointments, issues about backing down on guantÁnamo clothing, et cetera. handles on the people that he hired to work for him in the beginning which were all of a...
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that's not -- that's not a romney-obama issue. this is a sort of a systemic issue within several, you know, u.s. government agencies, which send people out into the field is that, you know, you tend to have this super response to certain situations where you got the fortress and people can't, you know, barely can get in and out, and you want to ask, you know, what exactly are they doing there, versus transitional installations, whether they are, i mean, when i first got to libya, the united states liaison office. it was not an embassy, but a transition. we were living in a hotel. the state department doesn't cope with those situations as well as maybe they should, and secretary clinton came forward and said on some levels, you know, taking speedometer for that -- responsibility for that, and presumably, there's investigations, and people will look into how to better protect the bureaucracy work better for -- to protect u.s. diplomats. one has to say against that that, you know, if you look at the record against how many foreign of
that's not -- that's not a romney-obama issue. this is a sort of a systemic issue within several, you know, u.s. government agencies, which send people out into the field is that, you know, you tend to have this super response to certain situations where you got the fortress and people can't, you know, barely can get in and out, and you want to ask, you know, what exactly are they doing there, versus transitional installations, whether they are, i mean, when i first got to libya, the united...
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the obama administration, president obama, during the campaign, has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally. it's often portrayed as kind of a last-ditch effort at dip application before you might have to resource to other options. would a bilateral negotiation, were that over to come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? i mean, the u.s.' general policy, they want to keep it limited to arms control. is that proper or would there be an opportunity, window for thetas engage with iran on these other -- >> there's always a sort of a conceptual dissidence, a conceptual dispute. there is a group of -- one point of view suggests that the agenda should be kept narrow, because otherwise it gives the iranians the opportunity to divert to talk about afghanistan, bahrain, syria. so the agenda has to remain narrow as a means of focusing issue of our principle concern, meaning proliferation. that's one school of thought. the second school of thought is if the agenda is broader you can have agreement on some issues. that has never been resolved,
the obama administration, president obama, during the campaign, has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally. it's often portrayed as kind of a last-ditch effort at dip application before you might have to resource to other options. would a bilateral negotiation, were that over to come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? i mean, the u.s.' general policy, they want to keep it limited to arms control. is that proper or would there be an...
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i don't think that the -- i'm sorry, the obama administration or the european administrations are more happy with democracy than they were with dictators as, you know, i think it's a question of interest. but what are the interests now? over the last ten years, the chinese economic presence in the middle east was multiplied by seven. it's a very powerful presence. and the brink -- bric countries, brazil, india, china, russia, turkey, are playing a very important role, and we don't talk about this. there is a shift here, and for many reasons it's going to have an impact on the countries, on the relationship between israel and the other arab countries because, remember, china has not the same relationship to israel than the united states of america. so this is a very big concern, what is going to happen in the region. we have to take these seriously. it's not only political, it's economic. and geostrategic. so this is a second point which is the answer. the economic vision coming from the arab world. when i was talking to the current president in tunisia, i was with him recently, and he
i don't think that the -- i'm sorry, the obama administration or the european administrations are more happy with democracy than they were with dictators as, you know, i think it's a question of interest. but what are the interests now? over the last ten years, the chinese economic presence in the middle east was multiplied by seven. it's a very powerful presence. and the brink -- bric countries, brazil, india, china, russia, turkey, are playing a very important role, and we don't talk about...
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it was boater created so i suppose they're doing what they asked them to do one agenda to barack obama and 12 different senators and the house had a completely different agenda but you are ready to there is not much that will happen. it is so anti-makes 2011 legislative year looks like the new deal. >> host: do people go to the polls now weighing that day though for divided government? >> we have different electorates year-to-year at the center of politics we put out a book every two years of the presidential election or the midterm. when i have learned, you have to look not just that the conditions or the state of the economy but to what kind electorate shows that the polls? presidential elector is bigger and broader more representative of the general population midterm elections are squarely and the time out -- turnouts can be tiny. who is the most upset or the angriest? they turnout disproportionately midterm years by we have president's suffering bad midterms. >> host: 2006 and 2010 what was the electorate? >> year opposite. not that people didn't vote in both but that is george bu
it was boater created so i suppose they're doing what they asked them to do one agenda to barack obama and 12 different senators and the house had a completely different agenda but you are ready to there is not much that will happen. it is so anti-makes 2011 legislative year looks like the new deal. >> host: do people go to the polls now weighing that day though for divided government? >> we have different electorates year-to-year at the center of politics we put out a book every...
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president obama gets it right in his speech in the state department when he said we did started. we can't lead it toward direct it but we can help and the help we can give is in capacity building. they do not want as meddling. this was a revolution by them, for them, about them. it is not about us. the more we talk about leading or directing or giving advice we end up hurting those who we want to help. we are in -- [applause] -- our favorable rating in the arab world are lower than they were in the last year of the bush administration and that is something to chew on. we need to think about why. >> i think social media played an enormous role and there are three things that trigger it. one with the demographic. the largest baby boom in the world. two thirds of two hundred three million arabs are under the age of 30. secondly the majority are littered for the first time which allows them to have broader ambitions than their media environment and a sense of the world and that includes women. the two most repressive muslim societies, iran and saudi arabia and the university students
president obama gets it right in his speech in the state department when he said we did started. we can't lead it toward direct it but we can help and the help we can give is in capacity building. they do not want as meddling. this was a revolution by them, for them, about them. it is not about us. the more we talk about leading or directing or giving advice we end up hurting those who we want to help. we are in -- [applause] -- our favorable rating in the arab world are lower than they were in...
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obama or mr. romney as president beginning in january 2013 would be that either would be boxed in by their own comments repeatedly stated by both of them that an iranian nuclear weapons would be unacceptable and of course there have been statements here on the hill by congress along the same sorts of lines. now, that would not necessarily have to be a problem, given that there is no indication to date, as our intelligence agencies tell us, that i ran has planned so far to build a nuclear weapons. but certain aspects of their nuclear program including the enrichment of uranium, have come to the perceived in the debate is having an acceptability of their own and of course the israeli prime minister talks about this constantly and about so-called red lines and so forth. now avoiding having the situation turn into a disaster for whoever's administration it is, is a problem mainly of political constraints here in this country rather than any lack of negotiating space between iran and the p5+1 negotiati
obama or mr. romney as president beginning in january 2013 would be that either would be boxed in by their own comments repeatedly stated by both of them that an iranian nuclear weapons would be unacceptable and of course there have been statements here on the hill by congress along the same sorts of lines. now, that would not necessarily have to be a problem, given that there is no indication to date, as our intelligence agencies tell us, that i ran has planned so far to build a nuclear...
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barack obama has been and, obama's sister not including his immediate family. this is his closest living relative and as we speak she is selling coal on the streets of a small village in kenya. she has no teeth and wants to get dentures but doesn't have the money. obama hasn't contributed a penny to help her either. in 2006 obama winds to his hometown where his father grew up at the local school there and they were so excited they were coming they renamed the school of barack obama school. obama toured the school with all kinds of celebrities and the prime minister of kenya and obama said i'm going to help the school. i'm going to provide books and facilities. you don't have sanitation and you don't have proper water supplies. i'm going to look out for you. since then the school has send multiple requests and letters and reminders with absolutely no help forthcoming from obama. once again the simple explanation is we are just dealing with a guy who doesn't live by his own standards, but i want to suggest there is actually a deeper mystery than that. something e
barack obama has been and, obama's sister not including his immediate family. this is his closest living relative and as we speak she is selling coal on the streets of a small village in kenya. she has no teeth and wants to get dentures but doesn't have the money. obama hasn't contributed a penny to help her either. in 2006 obama winds to his hometown where his father grew up at the local school there and they were so excited they were coming they renamed the school of barack obama school....
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obama does reverend. your father is a mythic figure. kind of like you might compare to mandela or gandhi, a great freedom fighter. now in reality, barack obama was not bad. he was either philandering at harvard or driving drunk in kenya. he ultimately killed a man in a truck driving accident. so this is not the real barack obama senior. but this is the idea cultivated in obama's mind. interest only when obama got older, he realized that his dad was not like that. his sister told him, where he revering this great data bars? he actually was not the guy you think he was and obama has sort of a crisis. one of the pivotal themes in our film is when obama goes to his father's grave. .. in not going to find madison and jefferson on mentalist. these are the guys that obama sought out. did not pump into the ministry. it's quite a group. in hawaii the former communist frank marshall davis. at columbia the palestinian radical, a member of the palestine national council described by commentary magazine is a professor
obama does reverend. your father is a mythic figure. kind of like you might compare to mandela or gandhi, a great freedom fighter. now in reality, barack obama was not bad. he was either philandering at harvard or driving drunk in kenya. he ultimately killed a man in a truck driving accident. so this is not the real barack obama senior. but this is the idea cultivated in obama's mind. interest only when obama got older, he realized that his dad was not like that. his sister told him, where he...
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so i think the american government, people very happy with obama being elected. now they're quite disappointed with what was not done. but in the end, the united states of america has a very bad reputation in the arab world. it's wrong sometimes and sometimes it is right the way to deal with people. the way they are neglecting people. i'm sorry, you know, when you read the newspapers and you watch tv, you have a sense that a lot of arabs is less viable than a lot of americans. and if a civilization is giving -- there's something wrong. but you have to value all the people. you have to value innocence of the arabs as much as you value a lot of innocent americans. so i would say to the president, because you stick to your principles and support more the people, less the armies. even in egypt. and be consistent with israel and the palestinians, and be consistent with anything which has to do with transparency and no corruption in the muslim majority countries. consistency is the problem. >> thank you, professor. >> i'm trying to emphasize a quite complex idea. i wel
so i think the american government, people very happy with obama being elected. now they're quite disappointed with what was not done. but in the end, the united states of america has a very bad reputation in the arab world. it's wrong sometimes and sometimes it is right the way to deal with people. the way they are neglecting people. i'm sorry, you know, when you read the newspapers and you watch tv, you have a sense that a lot of arabs is less viable than a lot of americans. and if a...
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and they also said they love obama. >> well, i don't. i don't. >> and so with those comments it makes me wonder how you, at 28, love us so much spent it's a great question, and i think -- >> i love australia by the way. i've been there three times, but i love this country more. >> thank you very much for your questions, and it is a very good question. unfortunately, there are a lot of people in australia, right around the world that considered a resident barack obama to be a good president. considering him to be healthy for the state of the american nation. i profoundly disagree. i believe that america is an exceptional nation and deserves an exceptional president. and my greatest issue with president obama was his interview with a reporter what he was directly asked whether or not he believed in american exceptionalism. and his response was rather telling. he said yes, i believe in american exceptionalism, much like i believe in british and a greek might believe in greek exceptionalism. wellies and gentlemen that can only be one excepti
and they also said they love obama. >> well, i don't. i don't. >> and so with those comments it makes me wonder how you, at 28, love us so much spent it's a great question, and i think -- >> i love australia by the way. i've been there three times, but i love this country more. >> thank you very much for your questions, and it is a very good question. unfortunately, there are a lot of people in australia, right around the world that considered a resident barack obama to...
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or, will things continue with obama, or my republicans change their minds is obama was trying to suggest last week at the democratic convention. to see the light and turn it all around. well, they say that is not likely to happen. and they want to throw in their 2 cents and add to that conclusion. i see nothing that suggests that if either one of the two presidents -- that either one will face in that moment of glory and victory, the opportunity to significantly turn around where we are now in terms of political gridlock and limited economic opportunity. from a public relations point of view, ask yourself the question. what if the president wants to suggest a new term or a new presidency? certainly not downbeat negative news. he wants to project something that is positive. something that says to the american people, we are on a new course. now, there are experts and i have mentioned a couple who think that it's not likely, no matter who wins. so i ask, what element of american society today is capable of standing back and pointing out the lies, the incomplete truths, flat-out untruths, d
or, will things continue with obama, or my republicans change their minds is obama was trying to suggest last week at the democratic convention. to see the light and turn it all around. well, they say that is not likely to happen. and they want to throw in their 2 cents and add to that conclusion. i see nothing that suggests that if either one of the two presidents -- that either one will face in that moment of glory and victory, the opportunity to significantly turn around where we are now in...
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obama recently in david maraniss's book about obama he names a girl who dated obama, claims she was the girlfriend that obama refers to in his own book but their stories don't match. when meredith went to obama obama said i had lots of girlfriends which is interesting because none of them have come ford. no journalist has interviewed many of them. this is a man with many black holes in his biography. i think this is the result -- when we were doing our film we would be in hawaii and indonesia and talked to people related to the obamas and knew his dad and his mom and a new young obama and i asked when rio interviewed and we have never been interviewed. no one has been down here so incredibly this is the biggest story in america and being truly uncovered in the mainstream press. it is a little bit of the scandal and not good for our democratic politics. not just the liberal media. the liberal media was tough on clinton and carter. there's another factor going on that leads people in the press not only to not cover obama but when incriminating information surfaces to try to squelch it can
obama recently in david maraniss's book about obama he names a girl who dated obama, claims she was the girlfriend that obama refers to in his own book but their stories don't match. when meredith went to obama obama said i had lots of girlfriends which is interesting because none of them have come ford. no journalist has interviewed many of them. this is a man with many black holes in his biography. i think this is the result -- when we were doing our film we would be in hawaii and indonesia...
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we will likely see an impulse, the same with the obama administration. that means congress will have to push very hard to see human rights and democracy and promotion of those principles in iran is on that agenda, for most on that agenda and with the help of ftd, will do that. to that very issue, congratulations on your human-rights panel this morning. congratulations on all you do. the intellectual information, the data that you find is essentials. i thank you for that. i think at that point we will take some questions. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is clear to all of us why you have been entrusted with this very important gavel chairing the foreign affairs committee following a leadership of chairman clinton. we are in a tight schedule and 5 like to call up senator kc. i would be remiss if i did not recognize the presence here today of lieutenant-colonel larry lerlach. he was commander of an amphibious unit in lebanon. in october of 1983 hezbollah terrorists drove two trucks and exploded the american and french marine barracks. he survived it, 24
we will likely see an impulse, the same with the obama administration. that means congress will have to push very hard to see human rights and democracy and promotion of those principles in iran is on that agenda, for most on that agenda and with the help of ftd, will do that. to that very issue, congratulations on your human-rights panel this morning. congratulations on all you do. the intellectual information, the data that you find is essentials. i thank you for that. i think at that point...
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which makes president obama's election even more bizarre. the only possible information that i can offer you is having read his books wanting to get to know who the president of the greatest country in the world was, having read his books he makes himself sound like a republican. he makes himself sound like a true american. he very cleverly, through his use of language, through his stories portrays this idea that he really is just a regular guy can and that he's a bill clinton -- [laughter] and he's not a bill clinton. not a bill clinton. he's a long way from a bill clinton. so i think america is also a very divided place. i also tend to spend a lot of time in red states because they tend to be my favorite places to be. [laughter] but i know that there are strongholds particularly in major cities and places like that where president obama has an enormous amount of support. so i think that i'd like to be able to say that we can notch that down as a grand era that came on the back of a tumultuous time where america was in turmoil, where people
which makes president obama's election even more bizarre. the only possible information that i can offer you is having read his books wanting to get to know who the president of the greatest country in the world was, having read his books he makes himself sound like a republican. he makes himself sound like a true american. he very cleverly, through his use of language, through his stories portrays this idea that he really is just a regular guy can and that he's a bill clinton -- [laughter] and...
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this has been a success of both the bush and the obama administration's. the death of bin laden was the logical conclusion of a campaign that began almost a decade ago of targeting senior leaders. the bush administration got zarqawi and diallo province in iraq in 2006 i think and then bin laden and many of the other leaders have been basically the movement has been decapitated. the problem is that the movement has morphed into a different direction. probably it is nowhere near as dangerous to us now as it was then but as we have seen in yemen in some of these areas these ungoverned areas where they can set up a presence people, and, in that case, from america and they direct its threats not just the local government although that is certainly one of the problems, nor to the shia sect but also to get on airplanes and kill americans here in the homeland. so therefore, there is still a direct threat. it's not the same level as we were on her right after 9/11 but it's still something we have to watch. secondly at the same time, it is a threat to the region as
this has been a success of both the bush and the obama administration's. the death of bin laden was the logical conclusion of a campaign that began almost a decade ago of targeting senior leaders. the bush administration got zarqawi and diallo province in iraq in 2006 i think and then bin laden and many of the other leaders have been basically the movement has been decapitated. the problem is that the movement has morphed into a different direction. probably it is nowhere near as dangerous to...
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a small group of people were demonstrating against the american embassy shouting to obama. and and that's what i have have. but nobody is calling for a day of rage or the victim being killed in this country. yesterday five yemenys were killed and people should asking who is morally responsible. the president said , i mean, i was appalled when i read the facebook of [inaudible] more than 24 hours after the storming of the american embassy in cairo. it's a short statement. it starts by denouncing the so called movie or video. and -- and it ends by saying i ask my embassy in washington to take legal action against the people who produced the movie. many the middle, i'm not exaggerating with, it's in english now. in passing he says as government we are responsible for the protection of public and private property. no mention of the american embassy storming. no expression of sorry or condemnation. it was not inseesive. it is appalling. this is a man who acts if it is still underground in the opposition and not the responsible leader of 75 million people dealing with the country
a small group of people were demonstrating against the american embassy shouting to obama. and and that's what i have have. but nobody is calling for a day of rage or the victim being killed in this country. yesterday five yemenys were killed and people should asking who is morally responsible. the president said , i mean, i was appalled when i read the facebook of [inaudible] more than 24 hours after the storming of the american embassy in cairo. it's a short statement. it starts by denouncing...
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newt gingrich recently said barack obama is pro-islamic. pro-islamic good rick santorum said the president believed in a phony theology. and mitt romney, among others names in line with other republican candidates said that obama is weak, weak on iran, basically appeasing the muslim world. in other words, in 2008, 2010, this court, especially on the internet was that obama is muslim and this time around, i think the republican party is doing is taking a conspiracy and turning it into a policy approach. another is, they're saying, we don't really know whether obama is muslim or not. if they say his creation, i guess i have to believe him, but he asked muslim. another is coming is pro-islam. he is allowing iran to develop a nuclear weapon. he's allowing jihad forces to rise up in that area liberated during the arab spring. this may sound a little strange because of course anyone who knows the polling going on in the islamic world knows that actually ever since obama became president with one exception, u.s. favorability ratings have gone down
newt gingrich recently said barack obama is pro-islamic. pro-islamic good rick santorum said the president believed in a phony theology. and mitt romney, among others names in line with other republican candidates said that obama is weak, weak on iran, basically appeasing the muslim world. in other words, in 2008, 2010, this court, especially on the internet was that obama is muslim and this time around, i think the republican party is doing is taking a conspiracy and turning it into a policy...
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newt gingrich said barack obama is pro-islamic. rick santorum said the president believes in a phony theology. and mitt romney, among other republican candidates, has said obama is weak, weak on iran, basically appeasing the muslim world. in other words, i always say in 2008 and 2010 the discord especially on the internet was that obama is muslim. in this time around, i think what the republican party is doing is they're taking a conspiracy and turning it into a policy approach. in other words, they're saying we don't really know whether obama is muslim or not. if he says he's christian, as rick santorum said recently, if he says he's christian, i guess i have to believe him. in other words, he is pro-islamic. he is allowing iran to develop a nuclear weapon. he's allowing jihad forces to rise up in the areas liberated during the arab spring. i mean, this may sound a little strange because, of course, anybody who knows the polling that has gone on in the islamic world knows that, actually, ever since obama became president -- with o
newt gingrich said barack obama is pro-islamic. rick santorum said the president believes in a phony theology. and mitt romney, among other republican candidates, has said obama is weak, weak on iran, basically appeasing the muslim world. in other words, i always say in 2008 and 2010 the discord especially on the internet was that obama is muslim. in this time around, i think what the republican party is doing is they're taking a conspiracy and turning it into a policy approach. in other words,...
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. >> enter now eboo patel, a member of president obama's inaugural council argues that america should strive to be a pluralistic economy where religion is a bridge to cooperation rather than official between people. this is about an hour 20. [applause] >> good evening and thanks for being here. i am very excited to be with my newest best friend, eboo patel. i have had a wonderful time reading his book. i'm very excited about having a conversation with him and in drawing him into that -- drawing you when that conversation. one of the delights is his disclosing something of his own spiritual practice, particularly during the holy season of ramadan. he had me when he said that prior to entering the day he would get up, have his small breakfast and then have a time with a poem. one of my favorite poets. i thought it would be wonderful if we all could have a moment of centering around one of his favorite running pomes. how does that sound? all right. thank you for that invitation and thank you all for being here this is a poem that i actually first heard in turkey. come, come, whoever you
. >> enter now eboo patel, a member of president obama's inaugural council argues that america should strive to be a pluralistic economy where religion is a bridge to cooperation rather than official between people. this is about an hour 20. [applause] >> good evening and thanks for being here. i am very excited to be with my newest best friend, eboo patel. i have had a wonderful time reading his book. i'm very excited about having a conversation with him and in drawing him into...
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the obama administration, president obama, during the campaign, has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally, a last ditch effort of diplomacy before resorting to other options. would a bilateral negotiation, were that to come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? i mean, the u.s.' general policy is they want to keep it limited to arms control, but is that proper, or is there an opportunity or a window for the u.s. to engage with iran? >> there's always been a con accept issue -- there is a group of -- one point of view success that the agenda should be kept narrow because otherwise it gives the iranians the opportunity to diverse, talk about afghanistan, bahrain, syria, talk about this, that, and so the agenda has to be narrow as a need of focusing on the issue of the principle concern. that's one. that's con accept issue, as far as i can tell was never resolved. when an issue remains unresolved, the status quo revails. i suspect, given the fact the issue of a bilateral conversation is a last ditch effort, likely to remain focused.
the obama administration, president obama, during the campaign, has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally, a last ditch effort of diplomacy before resorting to other options. would a bilateral negotiation, were that to come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? i mean, the u.s.' general policy is they want to keep it limited to arms control, but is that proper, or is there an opportunity or a window for the u.s. to engage with iran?...
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so i agree with president obama. i think trying to restrain israel from attacking in preventing israel from attacking us the right policy. we had to support israel, but not start a war. that could drag the united states into a third land war in the middle east. i think the president has shown a lot of wisdom here. >> host: on the screen, mr. burns, we see a photo from "the new york times," an american adviser in afghanistan. aside from being gunned down, trainers got the ability of afghans to propel an attack. training allies in afghanistan with their card firmly up. what do you see as the future in afghanistan as a former ambassador to nato, what do you make of what some are calling the diminishing role in afghanistan? >> guest: i was the american ambassador when we made the decision after 9/11. you know, i think we have to bind us were down. it's the longest in american history. we've been there for 11 years. we've had over 100,000 troops for the last couple years until the recent drawdown of troops or president ob
so i agree with president obama. i think trying to restrain israel from attacking in preventing israel from attacking us the right policy. we had to support israel, but not start a war. that could drag the united states into a third land war in the middle east. i think the president has shown a lot of wisdom here. >> host: on the screen, mr. burns, we see a photo from "the new york times," an american adviser in afghanistan. aside from being gunned down, trainers got the ability...
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wall street braces for an obama win. mitt romney was wall street candidate committed to lower taxes and less regulation would never rip anchor says fatcats as president barack obama famously did. many masters of the universe can see they may not get their man to wall street in the broader landscape of corporate america even strong supporters of romney acknowledged a swing state polling numbers in the direction of economic data and market suggests it is time to brace for a second obama term. i want to ask you about using the word grace in this story. >> yeah, i mean, i think that the president has had an antagonistic relationship with business. i think that is pretty clear. and so, he did over the last several months i think lose the independent vote and certainly the business vote. and so, if the numbers show he's actually winning, i could understand that now they are disappointed because they were counting on some competition. but i don't think you can really tell right now. i mean, it is hard to know how accurate these
wall street braces for an obama win. mitt romney was wall street candidate committed to lower taxes and less regulation would never rip anchor says fatcats as president barack obama famously did. many masters of the universe can see they may not get their man to wall street in the broader landscape of corporate america even strong supporters of romney acknowledged a swing state polling numbers in the direction of economic data and market suggests it is time to brace for a second obama term. i...
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obama wants. we have to understand that it proceed from there. >> the administration has to recognize what was a bunch of wishful thinking. we need to take a hard look in the middle east, broader, not just in eastern mediterranean to the shum speared notches area and i think the name of the game right now is iran. the iranian nuclear program. and if the price is stopping the iranian nuclear problem is having the regime in iran getting a blow inside iran for enlisting syria. i wished them a strong debate of who last syria comment nba. i think that whoever is in the, and need some adults that understands geopolitics, not just theory, the practice. unfortunately for the administration and some of us wonder about that. >> ladies and gentlemen, i ask you to join me in making our panel for what was a rich discussion. [applause] and we also thank the folks who came in on c-span 2 and have a wonderful day. thank you are being here. >> i watched two different types of programs on c-span. every presidential
obama wants. we have to understand that it proceed from there. >> the administration has to recognize what was a bunch of wishful thinking. we need to take a hard look in the middle east, broader, not just in eastern mediterranean to the shum speared notches area and i think the name of the game right now is iran. the iranian nuclear program. and if the price is stopping the iranian nuclear problem is having the regime in iran getting a blow inside iran for enlisting syria. i wished them...
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. >> next, former obama adviser, dennis ross and former george w. bush adviser, james jeffrey, discuss challenges facing president obama in his second term in the middle east. they look at unrest in syria and concerns about egypt's new government. this is an hour and 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. good afternoon, and welcome to the washington institute. i'm rob sadloff and delighted to see you here today. i think the interest in foreign policy in the wake of our presidential election is certainly evidence by the standing remotely crowd we have here today. we are now already into the process of transition, a transition even with the same president, transitions are the most flute and receptive moments in the presidential cycle to have an impact on the policy process, and so i'm -- i take it as a good sign there's so much interest in the foreign policy process by your presence here today. now, i think the transition from a first to a second obama administration may, of course, begin the day after an election, but it doesn't en
. >> next, former obama adviser, dennis ross and former george w. bush adviser, james jeffrey, discuss challenges facing president obama in his second term in the middle east. they look at unrest in syria and concerns about egypt's new government. this is an hour and 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. good afternoon, and welcome to the washington institute. i'm rob sadloff and delighted to see you here today. i think the interest in foreign policy in the wake...
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in it the colombia university professor says that barack obama election to the presidency under mined the civil rights movement that made it possible to shifting to
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the comment from when secretary clinton or obama's say blob loss statements. any difference between the statements coming from russia, at least when they say they doing, they supporting the assad regime and supplying the assad regime, but when the u.s. say something, say to us, nonlethal equipment and they don't ask through the state department. a long process of providing the institution that can perform the grant, until we reach the opposition there, give them the equipment that may be all will go over. this is why i think this is an importance. and steve, he wrote a piece very important amenity -- managing the militarization. this is important. right now i don't think that the u.s. can see anything on this issue because the people, they need anything to defend themselves. they don't care. they don't care who is coming from or who is giving. they need the weapons. now we are calling for anti-aircraft. the u.s. actually should support that because the free syrian army, if the u.s. or any international entity, they don't want to implement a no-fly zone and the
the comment from when secretary clinton or obama's say blob loss statements. any difference between the statements coming from russia, at least when they say they doing, they supporting the assad regime and supplying the assad regime, but when the u.s. say something, say to us, nonlethal equipment and they don't ask through the state department. a long process of providing the institution that can perform the grant, until we reach the opposition there, give them the equipment that may be all...
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that senate democrat was president obama. i don't often agree with president obama on matters of policy and the issue he was referring to here was different than this one, but the principle he expressed in defendin defends position then is one i believe in wholeheartedly. so let me sum it up this way. for the sake of this institution and the future of the country, i implore members on both sides to oppose this naked power grab strenuously and loudly. it may be the most important thing you ever do. because the debates. moment are passing -- because the debates of the moment are passing. but the senate must endure. and nothing less is at stake. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the republican leader said it's absolutely true. i follow the golden rule. and it's very clear what's happened during this congress. we can go over all the numbers, and i think they really project what's happened, about the hundreds and hundreds of times that we have been forced to file cloture on rel
that senate democrat was president obama. i don't often agree with president obama on matters of policy and the issue he was referring to here was different than this one, but the principle he expressed in defendin defends position then is one i believe in wholeheartedly. so let me sum it up this way. for the sake of this institution and the future of the country, i implore members on both sides to oppose this naked power grab strenuously and loudly. it may be the most important thing you ever...
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president obama has made it clear the policy of his administration is to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. there's a lot of talk in the town, maybe too much talk about the policy of containment or deterrence. can you tell us why the containment or deterrence? >> sure. the three major reasons you can't rely on deterrent for detainment. first of all, the possibility that a runs nuclear bombs might be used, either because the regime itself is messianic to be under terrible or because rogue elements get ahold of nuclear-weapons and use them or transfer. we saw what happened in pakistan the moderate regime. got hold of nuclear secrets which it developed and transferred to a variety of countries. what happened cannot transfer actual nuclear bombs. you also have to worry about this miscalculation. people say, well, you know, mutual assured destruction marched between the u.s. and the soviet union. well, if you look at the history, it actually came very, very close a couple of times, particularly on three occasions. one was the cuban missile crisis . another time was actually les
president obama has made it clear the policy of his administration is to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. there's a lot of talk in the town, maybe too much talk about the policy of containment or deterrence. can you tell us why the containment or deterrence? >> sure. the three major reasons you can't rely on deterrent for detainment. first of all, the possibility that a runs nuclear bombs might be used, either because the regime itself is messianic to be under terrible or...
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i actually take obama seriously on this. i haven't on a lot. i certainly haven't with regard to his desire to get rid of assad. that put the deterrent effect warning to assad the effectivenesses which the u.s. handle the last twenty months the lack of consequences of us for killing tens and thousands of syrians and destroying the country. i can imagine his own mind lead him to believe, let me go ahead and test the proposition. let's roll the dice and using chemical and see what the u.s. will or will not do. on the other hand indian the reason why at the public level the u.s. might want to talk -- not want to talk about specific consequences in military movement and options that are being assembled and put in to place. the kind of planning i think is going on with the israeli. i think sir why -- syria is important. i think there is a -- i would mention. i take seriously what secretary gates said yesterday at least on something like this in such a forceful way about the kinds of consequences that will be -- that assad probably misraids. it won't
i actually take obama seriously on this. i haven't on a lot. i certainly haven't with regard to his desire to get rid of assad. that put the deterrent effect warning to assad the effectivenesses which the u.s. handle the last twenty months the lack of consequences of us for killing tens and thousands of syrians and destroying the country. i can imagine his own mind lead him to believe, let me go ahead and test the proposition. let's roll the dice and using chemical and see what the u.s. will or...
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obama extended it. i spoke out against it. it never have extended the tax cut for the rich in my opinion. then you have the co chair by alan simpson on the deficit and national debt. doesn't pay any attention to that. how about mitt romney? which mitt romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? how will we reset. the answer to your question in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp u-turn. a persuasive one besides a sharp one. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> one of the things i remember because my office overlooked the building in the plaza was there was a day care center in the plaza. some of the children were killed and others injured but during their recess period they would play in the plaza and you would hear their voices. that left lasting impression when they were silenced. my son was working in the social security office and her father was a good friend of mine and what i got home that
obama extended it. i spoke out against it. it never have extended the tax cut for the rich in my opinion. then you have the co chair by alan simpson on the deficit and national debt. doesn't pay any attention to that. how about mitt romney? which mitt romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? how will we reset. the answer to your question in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp u-turn. a...
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. >> host: no it isn't because in fact every president, president obama, president bush and so many senior figures, general petraeus and so on, have constantly talked about bidding hearts and minds and they repeated that we need to win hearts and minds of the muslim world because we have hundreds of thousands of troops in iraq and afghanistan and saudi arabia which are all muslim countries so in a sense this also counterbalances their position which is to reach out to make friends. similarly, aafia siddiqui is not going to make many friends in the west and unless you have muslim -- become muslim and have positive response especially in an environment that is in so much controversy. you have these two main characters in this book and we have no one else is an alternative. what would you suggest we look towards in terms of people who can build purges between the two civilizations? >> guest: i think as you said earlier, we look towards the middle. we look towards the thousands and thousands and thousands of people, muslims, every day who are working to build bridges between the west and islam
. >> host: no it isn't because in fact every president, president obama, president bush and so many senior figures, general petraeus and so on, have constantly talked about bidding hearts and minds and they repeated that we need to win hearts and minds of the muslim world because we have hundreds of thousands of troops in iraq and afghanistan and saudi arabia which are all muslim countries so in a sense this also counterbalances their position which is to reach out to make friends....
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what is the obama administration's view or assessment of libya moving forward? is democracy going to take hold in libya or if not, what are the challenges that prevent that? secondly some have made the claim that the current administration is cooking the intelligence on syria to prevent an intervention in syria. what is an, what is your assessment of that? >> dennis, i think that's to you. >> i'm assuming it's to me. first, i'm not in the obama administration so, you know, i don't speak for the administration. they have plenty of spokespeople and and i'm not one of them. i would say, obviously i was in the administration for most of what went on libya, including the intervention and its aftermath. i think that there is a continuing hope that what can emerge in libya will be a government that is largely representative. it will be a government that, you know, is not a government of tribes or sectarianism but it is a government that would, that will be largely representative and inclusiv inclusive representing there are, this is not a simple process to generate. th
what is the obama administration's view or assessment of libya moving forward? is democracy going to take hold in libya or if not, what are the challenges that prevent that? secondly some have made the claim that the current administration is cooking the intelligence on syria to prevent an intervention in syria. what is an, what is your assessment of that? >> dennis, i think that's to you. >> i'm assuming it's to me. first, i'm not in the obama administration so, you know, i don't...
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obama, president obama. the reason is our supreme court when they made the decision that a business is a human being and they allow unlimited funds into our, presidential race, they became a political action committee. and they abdicated their responsibility for being just a, kind of even-handed across the board. that is my comment. >> host: thanks for calling in. from "the new york times." americans cutting back on drugs and doctor visits. katie thomas writes that patients cut back on prescription drugs and doctor visits last year, a sign that many americans are still struggling to pay for health care according to a study released wednesday by a health industry research group. the report issued by the ims institute for health care info mat ticks said 2011 was a break-through year for the drug industry which introduced 34 new medicines, the most in a decade to street diseases including cancer, multiple sclerosis, hepatitis-c and others. the number of prescriptions issued to patients declined by 1.1% compared
obama, president obama. the reason is our supreme court when they made the decision that a business is a human being and they allow unlimited funds into our, presidential race, they became a political action committee. and they abdicated their responsibility for being just a, kind of even-handed across the board. that is my comment. >> host: thanks for calling in. from "the new york times." americans cutting back on drugs and doctor visits. katie thomas writes that patients cut...
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we're apologizing for something that was used for transmitting some information, so i think obama is wrong. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> hello. my name is jamie wallace. i'm a texas tech graduate and a congressional intern. i want to make sure before i ask the question i have the correct information. the laws you're quoting are not the primary sources about the koran and examples by prophet mohammed. is that correct? >> the last i viewed the laws themselves, they are supposed by the people who wrote the koran, the people who wrote the laws, not by me. the book i um quoting from is quad reliance of the traveler, and stand by saudi arabia and jordan and syria. >> so these practices you were talking about earlier sound in the koran as things you should practice as a muslim? or -- >> no, these are sharia law. it's the law. it's a very legal term but under the law, you have explanation of why they have in that book. it's called reliance of the travel. it's sold on amazon. you can get it used, and if you read all these laws, who wrote the law in the eighth and ninth century they wro
we're apologizing for something that was used for transmitting some information, so i think obama is wrong. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> hello. my name is jamie wallace. i'm a texas tech graduate and a congressional intern. i want to make sure before i ask the question i have the correct information. the laws you're quoting are not the primary sources about the koran and examples by prophet mohammed. is that correct? >> the last i viewed the laws themselves, they...
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supported barack obama by about 78% in 2008. today support him by well over 60 percent. the only cause that they are consistently conservative about is u.s. foreign-policy. somehow pertains to israel. the acronym for the american israel public affairs committee and its lobby for israeli interest, i don't want to say anything that sounds like conspiratorial, but most of it is in the open. what they have done is to find is real interest so widely and vastly that it has hampered, again, even after communism the ability of liberals to develop a foreign policy because there is such a powerful lobby. if you don't play their game you are asking for a lot of trouble. much easier just to play their games of the doe way, the same way the national rifle association. the u.s. chamber of commerce. in this case the reason it is weird and damaging to liberalism is because these people would be liberals, supporting a different more cooperative foreign-policy and development. less martial foreign-policy word not for the demand made on them made by that date and its allied >> to you agree
supported barack obama by about 78% in 2008. today support him by well over 60 percent. the only cause that they are consistently conservative about is u.s. foreign-policy. somehow pertains to israel. the acronym for the american israel public affairs committee and its lobby for israeli interest, i don't want to say anything that sounds like conspiratorial, but most of it is in the open. what they have done is to find is real interest so widely and vastly that it has hampered, again, even after...
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. >> and now, eboo patel, a member of president obama's inaugural faith council, argues that america should strive to be a pluralistic country where religion is a bridge to cooperation rather than a fissure between people. this is about an hour 20. >> good evening, everyone and thanks for being here. i am very excited to be with my u.s. best friend, eboo patel. i've had a wonderful time reading this book, and am very excited about having this conversation with him and then drawing you into that conversation. one of the delights about his book is his disclosing something of his own spiritual practice, particularly during the holy season of ramadan. he had many when he said that prior to entering the day he would get up, have a small breakfast, and then have a time with -- [inaudible] one of my favorite poets. and i thought it was really wonderful if we all could have kind of a moment of censuring around eboo reading one of his favorite poems. how does that sound? >> all right. thank you for the invitation to thank you all for being here. so, this is a poem that actually first heard wh
. >> and now, eboo patel, a member of president obama's inaugural faith council, argues that america should strive to be a pluralistic country where religion is a bridge to cooperation rather than a fissure between people. this is about an hour 20. >> good evening, everyone and thanks for being here. i am very excited to be with my u.s. best friend, eboo patel. i've had a wonderful time reading this book, and am very excited about having this conversation with him and then drawing...
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president obama has authorized six times more joined strikes than george w. bush did in his two terms in office. the numbers reflect 25% from that point in 2012. i think this is a very good thing. maybe because we have a tactic doesn't mean we should employ all the time. the army chief of staff, general gianni. you know, i think that is a good point. if you look at the victims of these strikes and how many civilians that we think -- the civilian casualty rate is in the low digits. pakistan, you know, we enjoy a good political rating down from about 20% and the drones are part of that story. that is a pretty high cost. i think because of the work that people that cameron munter have done, saying that we need to be more discriminatory. we don't need all of these lights. it does not really serve our interests. the cost is really alienating the pakistani population. one final point. sometimes this is done in pakistani's interest and that is something that we need to communicate better. this is a guy who had the blood of thousands of pakistanis on his hands. the f
president obama has authorized six times more joined strikes than george w. bush did in his two terms in office. the numbers reflect 25% from that point in 2012. i think this is a very good thing. maybe because we have a tactic doesn't mean we should employ all the time. the army chief of staff, general gianni. you know, i think that is a good point. if you look at the victims of these strikes and how many civilians that we think -- the civilian casualty rate is in the low digits. pakistan, you...
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i was also a signatory to counsel to president obama. i think your assessment of the regime and i think the respect of the national dialogue. there are significant improvements in the south, certainly much better now. so i have concerns about implementation on indigenous basis, particularly with respect to the nexus between security on the one hand and development on the other. it's pretty clear from the tribal leaders i interviewed from 14 of yemen's 21 provinces that economic desperation is the primary driver of al qaeda recruiting in the country. it's also clear to me some of these regions are so desperate that it's very hard for the yemeni government, let alone usaid, let alone security apparatus to get out of some of these places. the concern i have sir, is how do sadly no credible local implementors are in terms of development and security? had we do this diligence in who is doing this diligence going forward? thank you. >> we have a lot of challenge ahead in terms of addressing the multiple needs of the yemeni people in different
i was also a signatory to counsel to president obama. i think your assessment of the regime and i think the respect of the national dialogue. there are significant improvements in the south, certainly much better now. so i have concerns about implementation on indigenous basis, particularly with respect to the nexus between security on the one hand and development on the other. it's pretty clear from the tribal leaders i interviewed from 14 of yemen's 21 provinces that economic desperation is...
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so i think obama is wrong. >> thank you. >> hello. my name is jayme wallace. i'm a texas tech graduate and a congressional intern on the hill. i want to make sure have the correct information. the laws that you were quoting are the primary sources about -- by prophet muhammad is that correct? >> no, the laws themselves, of course they are supported by the koran, by the people who wrote the laws, not by me. but the book that i'm quoting from is called reliance of the traveler. >> so these practices that you're talking about earlier are found in the koran, things that you should practice as a muslim? >> no. these are sharia law. the law. it's a very legal term. but under the laws they have explanation of why they have networks. you can get it. it's called reliance of the traveler. it is sold on amazon. if you read all these laws, those who wrote the laws in the eighth and ninth centuries, they wrote these laws. they wrote them after interpreting the koran, and they get their information, things of mohammad and the lifestyle of mohammad. and after the right the l
so i think obama is wrong. >> thank you. >> hello. my name is jayme wallace. i'm a texas tech graduate and a congressional intern on the hill. i want to make sure have the correct information. the laws that you were quoting are the primary sources about -- by prophet muhammad is that correct? >> no, the laws themselves, of course they are supported by the koran, by the people who wrote the laws, not by me. but the book that i'm quoting from is called reliance of the traveler....
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president obama also helped the american administration in. something interesting, burning the american flag, you could see that in syria. or the chinese flags. have the iranians, russians, now being burned regular the. government and the people are aware we need support of renaissance who paid to support egypt for the future syria or libya. i predict there will be less criticism of government administration in the arab media. >> i can add something quickly. there's a great disappointment and syria did it is states is not taking a leadership role. even with libya the present meeting from behind i may disagree on that. but the u.s. has to be involved. he passed to lead. but looking at global research, it was about americans in the middle east and in comparison through 2009 the approval of kadesh and all policy dropped from 34 down at 15 and confidence 33 down a 24. in 2012. in egypt they are reluctant. we may disagree but i hope something is done with syria. >> dealing with muslim opinion of the u.s., how is the american conservative bashing of
president obama also helped the american administration in. something interesting, burning the american flag, you could see that in syria. or the chinese flags. have the iranians, russians, now being burned regular the. government and the people are aware we need support of renaissance who paid to support egypt for the future syria or libya. i predict there will be less criticism of government administration in the arab media. >> i can add something quickly. there's a great disappointment...
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. >> part of this seems to be especially in the early part of the book a critique of president obama, in specific, it's caught the attention of people around washington that you said that his outreach to some nations in specific muslim nations has been here i quote, kinking for people who hate america and wish america the worse. >> guest: hurt our national interests by carrying out, if you will, in the first months of his presidency a form of app app gi a series of stations with we have dismissive, america is arrogant, we don't listen to the concerns of others, that america has dick dated to other nations. i don't think that's historically accurate. i think we have freed ore nations from dictators. we have not been dictating. ting created the position that our principles is waiverring. it is not. i think it's the mistake on the president. a foreign policy consistent with the value and described by hare truman following the second world war is the more appropriate course of america's way forward. >> host: it's good for the u.s. to be strong. in talking about that some of the things tha
. >> part of this seems to be especially in the early part of the book a critique of president obama, in specific, it's caught the attention of people around washington that you said that his outreach to some nations in specific muslim nations has been here i quote, kinking for people who hate america and wish america the worse. >> guest: hurt our national interests by carrying out, if you will, in the first months of his presidency a form of app app gi a series of stations with we...
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i think no doubt the obama administration has done good work on counter terrorism. as soon as i left government, one of the things i argued you're going do to see fundamental continuity. in the counter terrorism policy. over 0 time had had evolved. it was because you had same kinds of threats that new president was going have to face the last president was going have to safe. it you had a lot of the same individuals running it as you did under the bush administration. there has been fundamental continue knewty. and for the obama administration they have been aggressive in going after al-qaeda. not just in pakistan and afghanistan but also in yemen and somali. you can have seen it globally. one thing, the bush administration did enormous things both institutionally and disrupting plots and making it safer. you can go back and look at the plots disrupted. the august 2006 arm plot which would have been disastrous al-qaeda plotting to bring down sten flights over the atlantic. it was brought down because the cooperation of the british service and the u.s. service. and t
i think no doubt the obama administration has done good work on counter terrorism. as soon as i left government, one of the things i argued you're going do to see fundamental continuity. in the counter terrorism policy. over 0 time had had evolved. it was because you had same kinds of threats that new president was going have to face the last president was going have to safe. it you had a lot of the same individuals running it as you did under the bush administration. there has been fundamental...
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so i think obama is wrong. >> thank you. are welcome. >> hello. my name is jamie wallace. i am a texas tech graduate and an intern on the hill. i want to make sure before you assess question that i have the information quickly. the lousy recording i was reading the primary sources where the preset set forth from the koran are the prophet mohammed. a sec red? >> the law is directed a loss in sales. of course they are supported by the koran, but the book that i'm quoting from is called reliance of the traveler and stands by jordan and syria. >> so these practices you are talking about earlier are not found in the koran as things that you should practice as a muslim? >> these are sharia laws. it's a law. it's a very legal term, but under the laws, they have explanations of why they have it in that book. you can get it, it's called reliance of the traveler. is sold on amazon. if you read cannot, all these laws, the shakes who wrote the laws in the eighth and ninth centuries, they wrote these laws. they wrote them after interpreting the koran, and they get their information fro
so i think obama is wrong. >> thank you. are welcome. >> hello. my name is jamie wallace. i am a texas tech graduate and an intern on the hill. i want to make sure before you assess question that i have the information quickly. the lousy recording i was reading the primary sources where the preset set forth from the koran are the prophet mohammed. a sec red? >> the law is directed a loss in sales. of course they are supported by the koran, but the book that i'm quoting from is...
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obamse join me in welcoming the man behind not always, barack obama. [cheers]thank yo [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much.. [cheers]ppreciate it [applause] thank you, i appreciate it. thank you very much. thank you so much. but i know that i made a speech tha] there are no red states and blue states, but i suspect that thisc state is kind of blue looking at the crowd out here tonight. what a magnificent turnout. i am so grateful to all of you f escially in he time out of your day to travel here, especially in new york traffic, which i just breathed myself. much smler when the book first came out in, i had a much smaller reception.e this is one of the stuff that is made, and it is wonderful to be ack, close to 10 years later, and to also see how things have. grown.'m going too i i am very grateful to all of you for being here. what i'm going to do is spend an few minutes talking a little biy about my perspective, asampaigna expressed not only in thend boo, but also in the campaign and how those things c
obamse join me in welcoming the man behind not always, barack obama. [cheers]thank yo [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much.. [cheers]ppreciate it [applause] thank you, i appreciate it. thank you very much. thank you so much. but i know that i made a speech tha] there are no red states and blue states, but i suspect that thisc state is kind of blue looking at the crowd out here tonight. what a magnificent turnout. i am so grateful to all of...